Simple Pleasures From Our

Maritime Kitchens

by Julie V. Watson

 “If I have a wish for readers it is that they create a kitchen that is the heart of the home — you can give your family and friends no greater gift than that of kinship, warmth and caring: simple pleasures from your kitchen.”

Historically the kitchen is the heart of the Maritime home.  For, in the kitchen, homemakers, mothers and housekeepers — along with putting three square meals on the table a day — fashioned clothing, hooked mats, made candles, oversaw lessons and balanced household accounts.  And, most importantly, they provided a warm, welcome haven for kith and kin.

 Winner of the GOLD!  - Food Culture Award

presented by

Cuisine Canada and the University of Guelph

Full of recipes and kitchen lore, Simple Pleasures from our Maritimes Kitchens is a celebration of good, old-fashioned home cooking as well as a loving account of Atlantic Canada’s rich culinary heritage.  With a chapter for each month, this book takes the reader through a year in the life of a Maritime kitchen.  Watson also brings the area’s history to life with excerpts from authentic regional cookbooks from the early 20^th century.  Simple Pleasures features simple, wholesome and delicious dishes for every kind of meal and occasion — year round.

Simple Pleasures From Our Maritime Kitchens

by Julie V. Watson

ISBN 1-55192-461-7 published by Raincoast Books,

204 pages, Perfect Binding.  $28.95

To order you need to send your cheque or money order in the amount of  $35.40 ($28.95 + $1.45 + $5.00 shipping and handling) to:      Seacroft, P.O. Box 1204, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island,   Canada, C1A 7M8

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“People seem to appreciate the how-to approach, the down home recipes and the basic information about seafood.” 

Glimpse into life in the home of William H. Pope and his wife Helen during the 1860s.  One of the Fathers of Confederation, Pope and his large family lived on a country estate in Charlottetown, as he pursued a career as a politician and entrepreneur.

As Ardgowan: A Journal of House and Garden in Prince Edward Island unfolds, the author takes readers on a tour of Charlottetown in 1864, giving a glimpse of day to day life: winter travelling, gardening, games played by children and adults, fashion, social etiquette and more.  Chapters on the seasons focus on social activities: picnics, garden parties, the pomp and circumstance of the Charlottetown Conference that began the Confederation process, and yule season holidays.  As well each seasonal chapter contains recipes, garden information, household hints and medicinal “receipts”.

Also included: a look at the preservation of the house and grounds, work done by Parks Canada to establish the house as a Historic Site and what visitors will find when visiting today.

Wonderfully illustrated in keeping with the era represented.

Ardgowan: A Journal of House and Garden in Victorian Prince Edward Island

by Julie V. Watson

ISBN 0-9687092, Published by Seacroft,

128 pages, Perfect Binding.  $16.95

To order you need to send your cheque or money order in the amount of $22.80 ($16.95 + $.85 gst + $5.00 shipping and handling)  to:      Seacroft, P.O. Box 1204, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island,   Canada, C1A 7M8 

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     Seafood Cookery

                of

 Prince Edward Island

               by Julie V. Watson

“People seem to appreciate the how-to approach, the down home recipes and the basic information about seafood.”

Described as the definitive bible on buying and handling fish and shellfish Seafood Cookery was the first book written by author Julie V. Watson.  Its immediate success led her to a 25+ year career penning books, magazine articles and working with Prince Edward Island seafood producers.

“Self-taught, I could never write a book such as this without the input of numerous people ranging from home-cooks to home economists to chefs.  That is what Seafood Cookery brings to readers, an array of knowledge from many experts in an easily readable and understood format,” says the author.

 First printed in 1983, the book went out of print when replaced by a more “modern” seafood cookbook with the same publisher.  Now, due to numerous request for this tried and true basics of cooking seafood, Seafood Cookery has been re-released by Seacroft and is available through this website, at select craft fairs, a few Prince Edward Island retail outlets.

“The how to information is the most valuable part of this book.  The recipes are great, simple to prepare, traditional and flavourful, but the basic information is a treasure,” Helen Grant, Pictou, Nova Scotia

Seafood Cookery of Prince Edward Island

ISBN 978-0-9687092-2-1  Published by Seacroft

164 pages  coil binding $19.95

To order you need to send your cheque or money order in the amount of $25.95 ($19.95 + $1.00 gst + $5.00 shipping and handling)  to:      Seacroft, P.O. Box 1204, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island,   Canada, C1A 7M8 

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